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War Department Bureau Of Public Relations film # BPR-1125, The Rhine Crossing, 1945."Reel 1, infantry and trucks, carrying pontoon sections, move along a road in Germany. A flamethrower captured from the Germans is tested. Infantry, heavy equipment, and tanks are ferried across the river in amphitracks, barges, and pontoon rafts. German POW's are taken across in the opposite direction and marched to the rear. Engineers work on a pontoon bridge. Reel 2, the POW's are searched and permitted... Topic: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations

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1945 U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 1588 Blowing Up Japanese Cyclotrons. Silent."American soldiers enter Japanese building where Japanese civilians show them cyclotron and other electric equipment. Japanese watch as soldiers dismantle cyclotron, remove dismantled parts to trucks, and destroy parts in field with dynamite."National Archives Identifier: 13800 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, World War, 1939-1945, Cyclotrons, World War II, WWII

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1944 U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 187 Icelandic Festival. Silent.National Archives description: "Shows U.S. soldiers and sailors on leave in the streets of Keflavik, Iceland and WAC's playing basketball. Icelandic fishermen bring the days catch into the harbor. Shows the tents of U.S. Army bivouac. Icelanders attend a folk festival. Includes close-ups of Icelanders."National Archives Identifier: 13655 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, Iceland, World War II, WWII, World War, 1939-1945,...

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Silent U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 1332, Paratroop School, Philippine Islands, 1945.National Archives description: "U.S. paratroop trainees double-time across a field, practice tumbling, learn to assemble and disassemble parachutes, make practice jumps from a tower, board C-47 transport planes, and make their first jump."National Archives Identifier: 13754 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, World War, 1939-1945, Douglas DC-3 (Transport Plane),...

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Silent U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 1352, Bomb Damage In Italy, 1945. National Archives description: "Shows aerial and panoramic views of smashed aircraft, hangars, and factories in Reggio; wrecked barracks and a water tower near Milan; partially demolished German aircraft near Vicenya; and shattered vehicles and aircraft in Udine." National Archives Identifier: 13759 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, WWII, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy, World...

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Silent U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film, no. 1007, Snow On The Western Front, 1944(?). National Archives description: "U.S. soldiers and French civilians engage in a good-natured snowball fight. A U.S. soldier and a French girl stroll through the snow. French refugees move along a road pulling carts filled with household goods. Allied motor convoys move to the front. Ski troops glide through a forest." National Archives Identifier: 13712 As always, any error or typo... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, Snowball Fight, World War, 1939-1945, World War II,...

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U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 967. National Archives description: "Part 1, U.S. inf. and motorized equipment moves through snow in Belgium toward "Hell's Fire Corner." Gen. Collins decorates a lieutenant. Part 2, a chemical is sprayed upon the blazing ruins of a B-24 bomber during the test of a new fire extinguisher." National Archives Identifier: 13706 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton), 1896-1987, World...

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Silent U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 1404, Stuttgart - Thirty Days After, 1945. National Archives description: "On the ruined city of Stuttgart, Germany, shortly after the end of the war in Europe. Civilians dig in the bombed out ruins of the city. Women queue up to buy fresh vegetables. Girls sunbathe. Off duty U.S. soldiers swim in a pool. Shows a panorama of the ruined Helzemit gas works and the wrecked Ford plant. German workers manufacture toys and cameras in... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany, World War II:...

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Silent U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 1307, General Eisenhower In London, 1945. National Archives description: "Gen. Eisenhower deplanes in London, is greeted by British officials, rides in a motorcade past cheering crowds, is driven to Parliament in a state carriage escorted by horsemen, receives a ceremonial sword, addresses the legislators, greets Winston Churchill, and is driven away in the carriage." National Archives Identifier: 13748 ( 1 reviews ) Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965, World War,...

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War Department Bureau of Public Relations film # BPR 1182, Mussolini Is Executed. Silent very graphic footage.National Archives description: "Shows a crowd of Italian Communist partisans; closeups of the corpses of Mussolini, his mistress Clara Petacci, and other Italian Fascists hanging head down from overhead beams; the crowd jeering Mussolini's picture; and closeups of the bloody features of Mussolini and Clara Petacci."National Archives Identifier: 13738 As always, any error or... ( 1 reviews ) Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, Assassination, Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945, Fascism --...

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1943 silent War Department Bureau of Public Relations film, no. 767, Supplies For India. National Archives description: "Shows views of railroad yards and harbors in India. Supplies are unloaded at a warehouse from an overhead cable. Shows crates of canned food, cigarettes, soap, and beer piled in the warehouse. Truck loads of supplies are driven toward the front lines."National Archives Identifier: 13684 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation, World War,...

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United States. War Department Silent U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 1351, Bomb Damage In Germany, 1945. National Archives description: "Shows aerial views of rubble in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe." National Archives Identifier: 13758As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself.... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, World War II: Postwar Issues, Stuttgart (Germany),...

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Bureau of Public Relations film, no. 1118, First Allied Airborne Army, 1944. National Archives description: "Supplies are brought to an airfield in England in trucks. The bundles are attached to parachutes and loaded into B-24 bombers (converted into transport planes). The transports take off towing gliders. The gliders are released and the supply parachutes dropped over France." National Archives Identifier: 13726 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, World War, 1939-1945, B-24 bomber, Gliders...

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Silent U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 1425, Results Of Night Bombings Off Luzon, 1945. National Archives description: "Damage caused by a Japanese raid on a U.S. position is assessed: a bullet-riddled tent, a shrapnel-pocked jeep, a damaged light reconnaissance plane, and demolished field guns." National Archives Identifier: 13771 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files,... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines --...

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1944 U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 513, Reconnaissance Mission, Bougainville. Silent.National Archives description: ""Shows a U.S. convoy at sea off Bougainville in the Solomons. Landing craft bring Marines and vehicles ashore on the beach. An armored halftrack moves through the jungle carrying Marines in camouflaged suits. A halftrack stops at a river and fires across at the opposite bank with its light artillery piece. Landing craft unload more troops and... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American,...

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Silent U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film, no. 1130, Advance on Munda, 1943.National Archives description: "Shows an air panorama of jungles and mountains on New Georgia Island (Solomons archipelago). U.S. tanks move along a road; a field gun is fired and an officer observes Japanese positions through binoculars. U.S. fighter planes are fueled, armed, and take-off. Infantry jeeps, and heavy motorized equipment ford a river. Tanks and artillery fire. Half-tracks move up a... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands --...

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U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film # 967 New Fire Extinguisher.This is part 2: "Part 1, U.S. inf. and motorized equipment moves through snow in Belgium toward "Hell's Fire Corner." Gen. Collins decorates a lieutenant. Part 2, a chemical is sprayed upon the blazing ruins of a B-24 bomber during the test of a new fire extinguisher."National Archives Identifier: 13706As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, Fire extinction, B-24 Bomber, World War, 1939-1945 --...

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U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 983, Air Strike Against Northern Italy.National Archives description: "B-24 bombers drop bombs upon Milan, Vipitero, and the Avisio viaduct in northern Italy. Aerial views show explosions on these targets."National Archives Identifier: 13707 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, B-24 bomber, Bombing, Aerial, World War, 1939-1945,...

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U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film # BPR-322, Church In The Wildwood, 1944. Short silent film, which shows the "Chapel In The Wildwood" built by Chaplain Lertis R. Ellett on Guadalcanal. National Archives description: "U.S. troops file along paths through brush and jungle undergrowth to a bamboo church on a Pacific island, and listen to an outdoor sermon."National Archives Identifier: 13663As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my... Topics: WWII, World War, 1939-1945, War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, World War II, Chaplains,...

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U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 984, Iwo Jima Bombing. National Archives description: "B-24 bombers fly through flak over the island in December, 1944. Bombs explode on the target."National Archives Identifier: 13708 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks. :) Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American,...

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War Department Bureau of Public Relations film, no. 915: The German Army In Action. Nazi Germany newsreel compilation. Some have sound. Not the greatest quality and 1 reel is missing.Description from National Archives: "Reel 1 (silent) shows German troops moving up to the French invasion coast, German coastal fortifications, coastal guns firing, wrecked allied landing craft and equipment on the beaches, smashed allied vehicles along roads, ruined French villages, German antiaircraft and... Topics: WWII, Tanks (Military science), World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, German, World War,...

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Silent U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 1415, G.I.'s In Copenhagen, 1945. National Archives description: "Shows U.S. troops and civilians in the streets of recently liberated Copenhagen. U.S. troops eat in a sidewalk cafe, buy groceries, attend an outdoor theater, and stroll in formal gardens. King Christian and Queen Ingrid appear on a balcony and are acclaimed by the populace."National Archives Identifier: 13770 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, World War, 1939-1945, Christian X, King of Denmark,...

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1944 silent War Department Bureau of Public Relations film, no. 458 Beachhead Intact, Italy. National Archives description: "U.S. tanks, troops and artillery moving up through the rubbled streets of Anzio, Italy pass MP's directing traffic. Engineer troops dig in the ruins as troops file by masses of smashed and abandoned German equipment. Troops, halftracks and artillery roll through the ruins of Gaeta, Italy. Shows wrecked German equipment. German prisoners are marched to the rear. A... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, World War, 1939-1945, Anzio Beachhead, 1944, World War...

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1945 silent U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 1193, V.E. Day Celebrations In Europe, 1945. National Archives description: "U.S. soldiers in England read newspapers headlining Germany's surrender. Loudspeakers broadcast the news of the surrender to Londoners. Shows crowds in Trafalgar Square.Members of Parliament, including Winston Churchill, walk in a ceremonial procession as Parliament is opened. Servicemen and servicewomen enter churches and pray. Soldiers and girls... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965, George VI, King of...

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Silent Bureau of Public Relations film, no. 1442, Potsdam Conference. National Archives description: "Shows U.S. warships, escorting President Truman to Europe, at sea. The President, Sec. of State Byrnes, and Sen. Vandenberg file down a gangplank at a French port, are driven to U.S. Army headquarters and greeted by Gen. Eisenhower, motor to an airfield, and board a plane for Potsdam. President Truman deplanes, reviews U.S. armored troops, decorates regimental banners, and greets Winston... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-, Vandenberg,...

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War Department Bureau of Public Relations film # BPR-22, Bastogne Celebration, 1945. Film quality isn't the greatest. "Troops of the 101st Airborne Division parade through Bastogne, Belgium, as crowds, led by Gens. Middleton and McAuliffe who are seated in a jeep, cheer. The Division receives a banner from the townspeople, is reviewed by Gens. Middleton and Collins, receives a receipt [Jan 18 1945] for the town's capture, and is decorated by Gen. Middleton." National Archives... Topics: WWII, United States. -- Army -- Airborne Division, 101st, Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton),...

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Silent U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 1205. A sign on a building in this film indicates that this is station VU2ZN, an AFRS station in Ledo.National Archives description: "A soldier-broadcaster selects records from a phonograph library. A band and a vocalist perform in a broadcasting room. Several song-and-dance teams perform before U.S. troops at an overseas base during a U.S.O. show." National Archives Identifier: 13740 listed as "Armed Forces Radio,... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, United Service Organizations (U.S.), World War,...

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U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film # BPR-1155, The Enemy Strikes, 1944....much of the footage is from German film, captured during the Battle of the Bulge. Description from the National Archives: "U.S. motorized infantry rolls into a French town; civilians cheer. U.S. dead and injured are removed by stretcher from a battlefield; tanks, and infantry advance. German film shows officers, including von Runstedt, studying maps; Volksturm, armed with panzerfausts, marching;... Topics: WWII, World War II, Malmedy Massacre, 1944-1945, Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969,...

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1944 U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 771, Airborne Invasion Of Greece. National Archives description: "C-47 transport planes and gliders are loaded with heavy equipment at a British airfield in the Mediterranean area. British paratroops check their 'chutes, are inspected by officers, and board the transports. The planes take off towing the gliders. The paratroops jump and supplies are dropped over Greece. A machine gun is set up and engineers search for German... Topics: War Department: Bureau Of Public Relations, World War, 1939-1945 -- Greece, Parachute Troops, World...